Actions Quotes

3286 Actions quotes by 1912 unique authors

We should reflect on the idea that since the beginning of time sentient beings have been mentally unstable because they have been slaves of delusion,… — Dalai Lama
If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much! — Lewis Carroll
Prove it. I'll measure your words against your actions, and from that I will determine your worth. — Jackie Morse Kessler
Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences. — Steig Larsson
It is pleasure that lurks in the practice of every one of your virtues. Man performs actions because they are good for him, and when… — W. Somerset Maugham
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
God isn't about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He's all about you making choices--exercising the gift of free… — Jim Butcher
Henry, this isn't about us. I mean it is, but they don't define you by the button you wear. They define you by what you… — Jamie Ford
If we only look far enough off for the consequence of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by… — George Eliot
As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding… — Yukio Mishima
A purely mental life may be destructive if it leads us to substitute thought for life and ideas for actions. The activity proper to man… — Thomas Merton
Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything. — Louisa May Alcott
I lunged, low and quick, and drove about a foot of cold steel into his danglies. Hey, I don't care what kind of fearie or… — Jim Butcher
The fourfold root of the principle of sufficent reason is "Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Your deepest, darkest sins and your shameful secrets are simply irrelevant when it comes to the counterintuitive, ecstatic announcement of the gospel. So are your… — Rob Bell
You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will,… — George Sand
You can only control your own actions. Not other people’s reactions. — Emily Giffin
MAKE STATEMENTS also applies to us women: Speak in statements instead of apologetic questions. No one wants to go to a doctor who says, “I’m… — Tina Fey
The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them. — Karen Marie Moning
When we love something, emotion often drives our actions. This is the gift and the challenge entrepreneurs face every day. The companies we dream of… — Howard Schultz
Actions are not impostions on who we are, but are expressions of who we are. They come out of our heart and the inner realities… — Dallas Willard
Are not half our lives spent in reproaches for foregone actions, of the true nature and consequences of which we were wholly ignorant at the… — Herman Melville
Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems." 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy… — William Shakespeare
People only see in us the contemptible skirt-fever which rules our actions but completely miss the beauty-hunger underlying it. — Lawrence Durrell
In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case in Los Angeles… — Jared Diamond

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